roadkill

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(The poem is shaped like a rabbit lying on its side. The word fragile is highlighted red like streaks on the pavement.)

in spring: lying on the lying on the side of the side / lying on the side of the road. i don't envy you. / you poor poor poor poor poor poor thing. i don’t think / you ever imagined yourself in this state, / beyond recognition. spilling like a specimen. like a / victim of war. between being and unbeing. you / lie there, reminding me that it is all very very very / very fragile. i pull over and throw up on the shoulder / of the road. i know i know i know i know things die but / it still gets to me- every. time.

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